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If I didn't throw a magnet I'd throw an apx for a neutral putter. Magnet is a lil more versitile for me as I am now using a magnet/wizard combo and expect alot of my mids of the tee. APX seemed money for putting though I would suggest an overstable putter to compliment.
I think the oldschool swirl APX's are pretty sought after.
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I putt with the Soft APX and really like the disc. However I would like to have it in a plastic that is firm but yet grippy. I was wondering what the Reef in the Proline plastic felt that way and if not how the proline plastic felt?
gwillim said:DGA's "Proline" discs are all made by Discraft. The mold consistency is about the same as Dcraft, which is pretty good. The plastic a combination of Z and X plastic, and they also have Sparkle Z plastic for many of their molds, which is more difficult to find.
Overall, they make very good discs. Like anything else, if it's a disc, it will fly as well as it's thrown.
If I didn't throw a magnet I'd throw an apx for a neutral putter. Magnet is a lil more versitile for me as I am now using a magnet/wizard combo and expect alot of my mids of the tee. APX seemed money for putting though I would suggest an overstable putter to compliment.
The Swirl weren't Elite Pro. Elite Pro were the first runs. Hard, slick, and flew like bricks. The Swirls were their own thing. I loved the way they looked, but they had a tendency to separate and blister, and didn't fly appreciably different from the X-Soft or chains ones...Yep, I'm restarting this thread in 2023. I've bought four APXs off ebay in the last 6 months, and they've become an extremely consistent putting putter. I really appreciate the deep handfeel and the line holding. Have two rainbow swirl Elite Pro for putts and then an X-Soft for some longer floaty approaches, then an ESP from Ledgestone '21 and not sure what that one does yet. Thinking it may become a staple putting putter so long as I can find a few more backups!
Always funny to find comments about me from before I was on this site This thread being revived put this one across my eyes...This is exactly why my friend uses the APX. But then again, he also throws Comets very well, so I guess saying he's a finesse player is a bit of an understatement.
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Ooh I hope mine don't separate and blister; hopefully since I only putt with them they won't go too quick. I really like the tackiness in the hand that the swirls have, so sounds like I probably wouldn't be a fan of first runs. Good to know before I drop more money than I should on ebayThe Swirl weren't Elite Pro. Elite Pro were the first runs. Hard, slick, and flew like bricks. The Swirls were their own thing. I loved the way they looked, but they had a tendency to separate and blister, and didn't fly appreciably different from the X-Soft or chains ones..
Oh, okay that IS Elite Pro, actually. It's just dyed. The Swirl APX was the precursor to modern Jawbreaker or swirl plastics that Discraft run. You can see in threads about Jawbreaker plastic blistering, what the separation used to look like on the APX. It was the same thing. The Elite Pro ones were just...not as glidey as anything that came after. From my experience, only the Comet did well in that plastic. Most people who regularly threw APXs would prefer the Soft variants, be they chains or X-soft. There were also blends of Pro-D (akin to today's putter blends from Discraft, or DX from Innova) run as the DGA Reef, but mostly those were incredibly light weight, which made them unpredictable in the wind. There were also Sparkle Z Reefs, but honestly they weren't really noteworthy compared to the Pro-D blend, or the Soft APX.Ooh I hope mine don't separate and blister; hopefully since I only putt with them they won't go too quick. I really like the tackiness in the hand that the swirls have, so sounds like I probably wouldn't be a fan of first runs. Good to know before I drop more money than I should on ebay
What/what plastic is the "chains" run? Might be interested.
The control difference is insane! I absolutely love the control I can get with them as a putting putter and even for some real short approaches that I don't want to actually run (Maple Hill 14-type approaches) I started out with just the x-soft, and if they didn't beat in so darn fast I would have snagged a few more. The x-soft has also been getting picked up for longer bids, and I've been drawing more metal and draining more C2 putts than ever, plus having more consistency on C1 putts with the swirl. APX has been a great late-night impulse buy that's definitely shaved strokes off my game.
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